JLPT Vocabulary — 10,000+ Japanese Words
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食べる taberu · to eat飲む nomu · to drink行く iku · to go来る kuru · to come見る miru · to see聞く kiku · to hear話す hanasu · to speak書く kaku · to write読む yomu · to read学ぶ manabu · to learn好き suki · to like大きい ookii · big小さい chiisai · small新しい atarashii · new古い furui · oldありがとう arigatou · thank youすみません sumimasen · excuse meはじめまして hajimemashite · nice to meet you頑張る ganbaru · to do one's best日本語 nihongo · Japanese language勉強 benkyou · studying先生 sensei · teacher学生 gakusei · student学校 gakkou · school電車 densha · train会社 kaisha · company仕事 shigoto · work / job家族 kazoku · family友達 tomodachi · friend時間 jikan · time明日 ashita · tomorrow食べる taberu · to eat飲む nomu · to drink行く iku · to go来る kuru · to come見る miru · to see聞く kiku · to hear話す hanasu · to speak書く kaku · to write読む yomu · to read学ぶ manabu · to learn好き suki · to like大きい ookii · big小さい chiisai · small新しい atarashii · new古い furui · oldありがとう arigatou · thank youすみません sumimasen · excuse meはじめまして hajimemashite · nice to meet you頑張る ganbaru · to do one's best日本語 nihongo · Japanese language勉強 benkyou · studying先生 sensei · teacher学生 gakusei · student学校 gakkou · school電車 densha · train会社 kaisha · company仕事 shigoto · work / job家族 kazoku · family友達 tomodachi · friend時間 jikan · time明日 ashita · tomorrow
そのうち
before long, eventually, sooner or later
N3
やがて
before long, soon, at length
N3
初め; 始め
はじめ
beginning, start
N3
一番
いちばん
best (most), first, number one
N3
黒板
こくばん
blackboard
N3
支店
してん
branch store (office)
N3
橋
はし
bridge
N3
でも
but, however
N3
ところで
by the way; even if
N3
キャンプ
camp
N3
のんびり
carefree, at leisure
N3
うっかり
carelessly; inadvertently
N3
現金
げんきん
cash
N3
牛
うし
cattle, cow
N3
中心
ちゅうしん
center, core
N3
椅子
いす
chair
N3
性格
せいかく
character, personality
N3
特徴
とくちょう
characteristic(s); feature(s); trait(s)
N3
チーズ
cheese
N3
箸
はし
chopsticks
N3
クリスマス
Christmas
N3
都
みやこ
city; capital
N3
掃除
そうじ (する)
cleaning, sweeping
N3
服
ふく
clothes
N3
曇り
くもり
cloudiness, cloudy weather
N3
同僚
どうりょう
colleague; coworker
N3
調子
ちょうし
condition, state, tune, tone
N3
かなり
considerably, fairly, quite
N3
中身
なかみ
content(s); substance
N3
大陸
たいりく
continent
N3
大会
たいかい
convention, (big) tournament, mass meeting
N3
咳
せき
cough
N3
単位
たんい
credit (for a course in school); unit, denomination
N3
犯罪
はんざい
crime
N3
被害
ひがい
damage
N3
暗い
くらい
dark, gloomy
N3
デート
date (in the sense of 'social engagement' only)
N3
絶対
ぜったい
definitely, without fail, absoluteness
N3
詳しい
くわしい
detailed; full; accurate
N3
違い
ちがい
difference, discrepancy
N3
嫌
いや
disagreeable, detestable, unpleasant
N3
書類
しょるい
documents, official papers
N3
ドライブ
drive, driving
N3
象
ぞう
elephant
N3
環境
かんきょう
environment, circumstance
N3
平均
へいきん
equilibrium, balance, average
N3
～など
et cetera
N3
晩
ばん
evening
N3
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This database contains over 10,000 vocabulary items covering all five JLPT levels — N5 to N1. Each word includes kanji, kana and an English meaning to support your study.
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